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Ideas adapted from Lisa Marie Calderone-Stewart, Religion Teachers Journal, Oct. 2009


 * Weekly Plan** - Choose a saint of the week and highlight that saint. Tell a story, show a DVD, picture, create a slideshow or handout.


 * Yearly Plan** - Look at the names and birthdays of your students and find the feast days of their patron saints or the saints of their birthdays or half birthdays. Create a class calendar so each student has their own calendar. On the class day of their saint's feast, tell the story of the patron saint and do a simple blessing of that child asking God to help him or her develop a quality that their saint has.

For a list of saints and the symbols associated with them; tinyurl.com/saintsymbols From Loyolapress.com A monthly calendar about the Saints: Also included on this monthly calendar are some non-religious days of celebration that families might enjoy observing or planning special activities around. Check back at the beginning of each month for the new monthly calendar—then print it out and post it somewhere in your home for the whole family to see. It’s one more way that faith and fun go hand in hand! Download the November calendar [pdf] //(Note: If you hover above the text for many of the days, a hyperlink will appear that takes you to additional information about that saint or special day. You might consider using these articles or notes to encourage further conversation around the dinner table.)//
 * Autumn Plan** -Talk about All Saints Day in late October as we approach Nov. 1 to show how we honor the saints who have shown us how to follow Jesus. Choose one saint per person, it can be their patron saint or a saint you think the class needs to learn about. Create a handout for each student. Handouts should include a picture and a few facts for readers, or a picture and symbol for pre-readers. For presentation, you can play a Guess the Saint Game; tell a few facts about a saint and see if the class can guess. For middle school students and older, they can create a game quiz show using true facts as well as false statements.

Check out this link for more saints activities for kids: []

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